Resultados de búsqueda - "cognitive"

The food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition por Pinstrup-Andersen, Per

“…Advances in the health sciences, including genomics and stem cell biology, continue to reinforce the principle that nutritious food is essential for the achievement of full physical and cognitive potential for all individuals and populations and for sustaining health through the aging process. …”
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The impact of an experimental nutritional intervention in childhood on education among Guatemalan adults por Maluccio, John, Hoddinott, John F., Behrman, Jere R., Martorell, Reynaldo, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Stein, Aryeh D.

“…Studies have shown that malnourished children in developing countries score lower on tests of cognitive function and fail to acquire fine motor skills at the normal rate. …”
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Science for Africa’s future food security: linking agency and institutions in the food system por Dzudzor, Makafui I., May, Julian D., Mockshell, Jonathan

“…Drawing from a conceptual framework tailored to the African food system, we emphasise that regulative, normative, and cognitive institutions play a central role in structuring food systems on the continent. …”
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Hunden som modelldjur i humanforskningen med fokus på Alzheimers sjukdom por Hansen, Ida

“…En del fysiska symptom är också liknande mellan arterna och många riskfaktorer har observerats vara lika för Alzheimers sjukdom och ”canine cognitive dysfunction” (CCD). Dock har det för CCD visat varierande resultat i olika studier gällande riskfaktorer, bland annat kopplingen mellan kön och sjukdomsförekomst. …”
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Nutrition-sensitive Water Management: Guidance for Irrigation Interventions por Chase, Claire

“…Chronic undernutrition early in life can cause cognitive and physical impairments that prevent children from achieving their full potential and have lasting consequences on the human capital that is essential for economies of the future to be competitive.The World Bank has developed a Water and Nutrition framework to support the inclusion of nutritional considerations in the design of water operations and to help formulate nutrition-enhancing water policy. …”
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POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 48 por Avula, Rasmi

“…Another study examined micronutrient deficiencies and their association with cognitive function among children and adolescents. …”
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Adolescent nutrition in West Africa: A rapid review of the research evidence por Verstraeten, Roosmarijn, Salm, Leah, Diop, Loty, Diatta, Ampa Dogui, Touré, Mariama

“…Adolescence is an important period of physical and cognitive development during which optimal nutrition is crucial. …”
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Multidimensional Gender and Social Norms in Agrifood System Index por Seymour, Greg, Cole, Steve, Costenbader, B., Heckert, Jessica

“…The instrument was developed through an iterative process including extensive stakeholder consultation and cognitive testing, and was piloted in Tanzania and Nigeria with actors operating in or supporting/influencing the three AFS. …”
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Intrahousehold impact of the transfer of modern agricultural technology: A gender perspective por Naved, Ruchira T.

“…Micronutrient deficiency impairs the cognitive development of young children, retards physical growth, increases child mortality, and contributes to the problem of maternal death during childbirth.…”
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Gestaltningsprinciper för utemiljöer vid demensboenden : ett gestaltningsförslag för Ängsklockans äldreboende por Pind, Martina

The double-edged sword of keeping livestock: Balancing nutritional benefits with disease risks in poor nations por Zerfu, Taddese Alemu

“…The nutritional benefits of livestock keeping are particularly important since malnutrition continues to cause nearly half of annual global child deaths, and can have lasting effects on the physical growth and cognitive development of millions of surviving children. …”
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Building the managerial capital of agricultural cooperatives in Africa por Francesconi, Gian Nicola, Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie

“…Using a production function for cognitive achievement and key informant interviews, we find that our training contributed to the adoption of the proposed solutions by some of the cooperatives. …”
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Changes in iron status are related to changes in brain activity and behavior in Rwandan female university students: Results from a randomized controlled efficacy trial involving ir... por Wenger, Michael J., Rhoten, Stephanie E., Murray-Kolb, Laura E., Scott, Samuel P., Boy, Erick, Gahutu, Jean-Bosco, Haas, Jere D.

“…Background: Evidence suggests that iron deficiency (ID) affects cognitive performance, as measured in behavior. Although such effects must be mediated by changes in the brain, very few studies have included measures of brain activity to assess this relation. …”
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Mitigating aflatoxin exposure to improve child growth in eastern Kenya por Hoffmann, Vivian, Jones, Kelly M., Leroy, Jef L.

“…Growth retardation in young children is associated with delays in cognitive development, lower school achievement, and lower earnings in adulthood. …”
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Assessing Africa’s food and nutrition security situation por Benson, Todd

“…As a result, more than a third of African children suffer stunted growth and face a range of physical and cognitive challenges not faced by their better fed peers. …”
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What works? a review of the efficacy and effectiveness of nutrition interventions por Allen, Lindsay H., Gillespie, Stuart

“…Various issues are covered, including discussion on micronutrient deficiencies -- Vitamin A, iodine, and anemia; ways to avert low birth weight; measures to and improve maternal nutrition, child growth, and cognitive development; comprehensive review of the efficacy and effectiveness of supplementation and fortification trials; impact of food-based approaches to improve maternal and child nutrition; recommendations on a core program of proven efficacy and effectiveness; and a level of investment in operations to improve evidence-based nutrition programming.…”
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Collective action initiatives to improve marketing performance: Lessons from farmer groups in Tanzania por Barham, James, Chitemi, Clarence

“…Structural social capital in the form of membership in other groups and ties to external service providers, and cognitive social capital in the form of intragroup trust and altruistic behavior are not significant factors in a group's ability to improve its market situation.…”
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Assessment Study: The Economic Cost of Integrated School Gardening in School Feeding Program por Phuong Vichea, Vanna, Sockcheng, Sim, Sombath, KEO

“…Macronutrients and key micronutrients, including calcium, iron, and vitamins A and C, were inadequate, posing risks to students’ cognitive and physical development.…”
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Guide to developing quantitative tools for measuring gender norms in agrifood systems: IPSR Innovation Package and Scaling Readiness Report por Buono, Nicoletta, Kitalyi, Aichi, Mwakanyamale, Devis, Msita, Sarah

“…The instrument was developed through an iterative process including extensive stakeholder consultation and cognitive testing, and was piloted in Tanzania and Nigeria with actors operating in or supporting/ influencing the three AFS. …”
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From bark to hartwood: gender issues in sustainable forest management por Colfer, C.J.P., Wadley, R.L., Woelfel, J., Harwell, E.

“…Some of the methods we have used in assessing the human components of SFM include a participatory card sorting technique, “Galileo” cognitive mapping, a local history form, an “Iterative Continuum Method” (ICM), and participatory mapping. …”
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